My Z30 is possessed!

OK, I look up a number, then I hit "call", then I attempt to hit the speaker phone button....but when my finger approaches the speaker phone button, the screen blinks before I can touch the button!....My finger is about one to two inches above the screen when it senses my finger and starts blinking. Well after the party answers, I am then able to hit the speaker phone button without the blinking. This happens about 25% of the time.....anyone else notice this?. Maybe my beloved Z30 needs an exorcism?

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At a loss. Wiring a possessed house I think! Input needed

Need some help.
I know and have done a lot of networking No pro, but self taught. Did run Ethernet of my whole house (ex wife's house now ) pre wifi days. Running wires, using switches and routers. All worked. Have down a ton of wifi - all Apple gear for myself in my location, friends and family. Good to go. I currently run a bunch in my home for iPhones, computers, netflix, itunes server, Air Video for all devices. Flawless.
So I'm not a dummy at least. So……
To my dads house. My on going project for a year. Great house. Big. Hand built back in the '50's. All plaster. Well made.
1- His office - cable modem to Airport Extreme - named BASE. Across this room, one Airport express (all AX are older g units) for the stereo from computer.
Now when I try to extend this network only for him to use his iPhone with Apple Remote to control music, I have now bought 5 Airport Expresses - the signal will not carry for more than 10 feet at best in this house (it's possessed I swear). NOT KIDDING.
I put an Express 10 feet from the office to a kitchen, why because any further I get no signal connection.
From this Express another one 10 feet for a den.
But the signal is so weak it doesn't work.
The house is plaster - I guess very well plastered and who knows what metal lathering is behind the plaster? It's a ranch.
What could possibly abort wifi signal like this. Oh, I might add, no iPhones work in the house either. We're in NY.Long Island. Major ATT signal. Nada in house. Go outside no problem.
So I'm going to tackle this again this weekend. Start from scratch. Any insight? I'm asking because I'm at a loss and think I'M NUTS! LOL
What would make wifi not carry for any distance? Lot's of windows in the house too.
I'm on the verge of telling him to have cable run another wire and modem to the other side of the house.
I'm stumped. I was going to post a few times but can't imagine why I can't get this working. Feel like a dunce.
Right now he tells me it's no connection in the den. The last AX extender not 10 feet from him.
Thanks in advance.

In addition to metal, water also will cause significant reduction in signal. The higher the frequency, the worse the problem. (One of the reasons why in the past submarines needed to surface to use their radios.) Perhaps the plaster or wood is exceptionally wet or the particular plaster they used has a high metal content. You may want to try using only 2.4GHz instead of 5HGz because lower frequencies penetrate walls better. I'm grasping for straws, but I'm not sure what else you could try short of tearing down walls.
I will tell a story of one wiring job I did. My boss gave a quote and approval sight unseen. He normally didn't do this but due to various circumstances and time constraints, he took a gamble. The job was to install a DSL modem and wireless router for a doctor's office. The modem and router were in the managers office. The reception area in the next room would have two workstations about 15 feet away, connected wirelessly. The doctor's office would get one laptop connected wirelessly, about 100 feet at the other end of the building. The building was all wood construction so no one foresaw what happened next. The manager's computer was fine since it was wired. One of the wireless reception workstations was fine with full signal strength since it was a line of sight through an open doorway to the router. The other reception workstation was working but only had 50% signal strength. (Not line of sight to the router.) The doctor's laptop had zero bars. I moved the laptop next to the router and got 100% signal strength. I walked the laptop next to the workstation with line-of-sight, and still got 100%. I walked to the other reception workstation and got 50%, same as the workstation. I walked out of the reception area turned left and started to walk down the hallway to the doctor's office. I took no more than 5 steps and got zero bars! I walked back a few steps and the meter jumped to 50%. I had to do this a few times to fully convince myself. It was only a chance conversation I had with one of the nurses who recalled that the former occupant of the office was a dentist. So we surmised that the room that the router was in might have had the x-ray machine, so they would have lined the walls with lead or whatever. In any case, we ended up having to pull wires. But we learned that regardless of what it looks like on the outside... But this does sound quite similar to your experience.
There's also the time that my coworkers found that the whole wall was 1/4" steel plate. The walls were covered with drywall so we didn't know it was there until we ruined a half dozen drill bits. It seemed like it was armor plate steel. We think the building used to be a indoor gun range or something. And there was the time that we encountered hardened concrete walls at an office using a former military building. Fortunately neither of those had Wi-Fi but we likely would have had signal problems in both cases. It taught us that we can't assume and needed to do a thorough inspection ahead of time.
So while I don't think the house is possessed, I do suspect that the original builder used some funky local material. Maybe he was a conspiracy theorist and has tinfoil in all the walls.

Is there a way of finding out what has been accessed on my MacBook Pro whilst in the possession of an apple authorised service centre?

Hi Guys,
I'm a bit new to this discussion group thing although I've been using Macintosh computers for many years (showing my age).
I handed my MacBook Pro to be repaired at an authorised apple service centre. When I handed it in they said they needed to keep hold of it to run some diagnostics and requested my password. I've owned various models of mac for the the past 17 years and this is the first hardware problem I have encountered, hence I have never bothered to set up user accounts.
As I live in quite a remote part of Sweden I am paranoid that some untrusted technician is going to make a copy of my music (11,000 tracks) or share some of my personal information (scanned copies of my birth certificate, passport, certificates, photos, etc.) on the web. Is there a way of finding out what activity has taken place whilst they've had it in their possession?
I appreciate any advice you guys can offer.
Thanks!
PS: I've already thought about the 'recently opened' menu and The machine in question is a MacBook Pro 17" (2011) running OS X 10.6.8 (need Rosetta).

I am paranoid that some untrusted technician is going to make a copy of my music (11,000 tracks) or share some of my personal information (scanned copies of my birth certificate, passport, certificates, photos, etc.) on the web.
If you put your info into the computer and hand it to another, you have to assume they will copy everything.
Why are you putting scanned copies of valuable identity information into a computer than can be hacked, stolen, lost or compromised by a dirty tech?
Have you lost your mind?
Is there a way of finding out what activity has taken place whilst they've had it in their possession?
No. The tech would just deny it if he did, or tell the truth which the answer would be "NO" in either case.
The employer won't ask that sort of questions without solid proof, less they make a enemy of the employee and/or risk being sued for defamation of character.
It's not like they bother to have a team of people watching over his shoulder that he doesn't stick a USB thumb drive of your data into his pocket to take home.
I am paranoid that some untrusted technician is going to make a copy of my music (11,000 tracks)
If it's iTunes music, it has your personal ID embedded into the song files. Most IT techs know this though.
I appreciate any advice you guys can offer.
Too late now, all you can do is not worry about it.
Take your personal info out of the machine and if you need it, burn cd/dvd copies, a few USB thumb drives, Iron Keys or self encrypting external storage drives with key and/or keypad.

Satellite Z30 vs Portege Z30

From what I can tell (and have confirmed with Toshiba Customer support) the Satellite Z30 is identical to the Portege Z30 except for the following differences:
* The Portege Z30 has Active Management Technology (AMT), allowing certain remote administration for enterprise environments
* The Portege Z30 has a 3 year warranty (as opposed to the Satellite's 1 year)
* The Portege Z30 is preinstalled with Windows 7 and Windows 7 system restore partitions (and Windows 8.1 media provided) whereas the Satellite comes preinstalled with Windows 8.1 system and restore partitions
My question is whether the roll out of an image taken from a Portege Z30's Windows 7 installation will transfer to Satellite Z30 machines? I suspect there will be no issues with the hardware, but am curious about the Windows activation and whether the SLP key on the Satellites will match the Portege.

I don't have time to check exact difference because these two models because notebooks are country specific products and it can happen that offer in your country is not the same as in some other and you can check this by your local dealer.
Anyway, at first I must say that that Portege notebooks are business line products. Satellite models are more for people who don't have some special needs and mostly common notebook users.
With Portege line Toshiba offers some benefits like better hardware, more options, very often two operating systems, maybe some additional software and of course different warranty conditions.
According to this Portege notebooks are more expensive.
Back to your question: recovery image is specific image designed for certain notebook model.
I don't know which Portege do you mean exactly. Toshiba offers Z30-A and Z30T-A. For instance Z30-A is offered as 6 different models. You know it is not easy to say how it will works.
Theoretically you can try to install this image and see what will happen.
I don't know if you will be so lucky to find someone here who can confirm that such installation will be 100% OK.

I dont see a Holster icon in the Z30 settings menu

How do i set the notification settings for email, text, email, etc for my Z30 while it is in the holster? In the user guide it says ;
1. In the Phone app, swipe down from the top of the screen. (done)
2.Tap > Holster (I dont see this icon...)
I am having a Z30 with BB10 OS 10.2.0.224

currently there are no holster settings like there was in BBOS 7 and prior
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Sim error MM#3 (If it isn't the sim, could it be hardware related?) - Z30

So yesterday I get off a phone call and I get kicked off the mobile network. I look in settings and it is shifting from Bell then to Rogers (I'm on Telus) with sim MM#3 error.
I called support, and they told me everything is fine on their end. So I tried a restart and it fixed the problem. But today, I had the same MM#3 message after ending a call. Another restart and it's fine. I called Telus again and this time they said remove the sim and put it back in. Did that.
The phone is working still, but if it happens again I'm not sure what to do. Obviously I'd get another SIM, but I'm also curious it it could be hardware related? I've had the Z30 since November 2013 and I've never had this issue before.
Any thoughts? Is there any way to run a diagnostic on the phone itself to test for hardware issues?

I would also recommend a new SIM card. I haven't seen this issue with other #Z30 devices.
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I have model A1458...been acting possessed.... apps opening and closing on their own...zooming in and out... not always responsive to my touch... what could be the problem?

i have model A1458...been acting possessed.... apps opening and closing on their own...zooming in and out... not always responsive to my touch... what could be the problem?

The two most likely culprits would be a faulty cable/charging block or a bad digitizer. Try charging the device with a different charger and cable. If the problem goes away, then the problem is with your charger. If it does not, try the basics of resetting, restoriing from back up, restoring as new. If you still have the problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar at your local Apple Store for evaluation.

My ipad and ipod were both stolen from my home during a robbery. how do I unauthorize both of these without having them in my possession. I did delete the ipad from my itunes account and have changed my passwords.

My ipad and my ipod were both stolen during a robbery at our home. How can I deauthorize both of these without having them in my possession? I did delete the ipad from my itunes account.

(You may have to change your name to "unlucky girl1")
Apple (and no one else) can not assist (with serial number or iCloud) in finding a lost or stolen iPad.
Report to police along with serial number. Change all your passwords.
These links may be helpful.
How to Track and Report Stolen iPad
http://www.ipadastic.com/tutorials/how-to-track-and-report-stolen-ipad
Reporting a lost or stolen Apple product
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2526
iCloud: Locate your device on a map
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2698
Report Stolen iPad Tips and iPad Theft Prevention
http://www.stolen-property.com/report-stolen-ipad.php
How to recover a lost or stolen iPad
http://ipadhelp.com/ipad-help/how-to-recover-a-lost-or-stolen-ipad/
iCloud: Locate your device on a map
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2698
How to Find a Stolen iPad
http://www.ehow.com/how_7586429_stolen-ipad.html
Apple Product Lost or Stolen
http://sites.google.com/site/appleclubfhs/support/advice-and-articles/lost-or-st olen
Oops! iForgot My New iPad On the Plane; Now What?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303459004577362194012634000.html
If you don't know your lost/stolen iPad's serial number, use the instructions below. The S/N is also on the iPad's box.
How to Find Your iPad Serial Number
http://www.ipadastic.com/tutorials/how-to-find-your-ipad-serial-number
iOS: How to find the serial number, IMEI, MEID, CDN, and ICCID number
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4061
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HT1420 I'm trying to authorize a new computer with an itune account, but my the computer statea that I have too many devices authorized. I only have 2 computers in my possession now. How can I deauthorize computer I don't have anymore without deauthorizin

I have recently purchased a new lap top. Both my wife and I share our Itune music. When I purchesed the computer I was able to authorize my itunes account on it and move my purchaced music over from my iphone. However, I was not able to move my wifes music over because she has too many devices authorized under her account. Most of those computers are no longer in our possession and have been thrown out. How can she deauthorzise computer we don't have in our possession anymore without deauthorizing them all?

Authorizing deauthorizing has NO effect at all on your itunes library. You lose nothing.
You should also alwasy have a backup copy.
You MUST deauthorize all.
You have the only answer there is.

HT1420 How can I deauthorize an iTunes account for a computer I no longer possess?

How can I deauthorize an iTunes account for a computer I no longer possess?

If you no longer have the computer(s) you want to deauthorise,
Log in to iTunes, go to "view your account info" on the itunes store, deauthorise all five, (Please Note: this can only be done Once every 12 months) and then re-authorize your current Computer(s) one at a time.
Authorise / Deauthorise About
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420

Buy Unlocked Z10 or Z30?

I plan to purchase one or the other, eventually. Direct from BlackBerry, the Z10 is $300 and the Z30 is $500 (although the Z30 doesn't appear to be in stock at the moment). Those are great bargains from my standpoint; although, I assume that those prices stem from poor sales volumes. I'm just not sure which is best for me. I already have a PlayBook - which I'm happy with - so I have some familiarity with Blackberry. My thinking is that since I already have the PlayBook, is the larger screen size of the Z30 going to be worth the extra cash and larger form factor? Here are some factors to consider:
> I'm not much of a gamer, nor do I stream much audio or video.
> If I'm at home, I would probably do any internet surfing with the PlayBook.
> While I'm out, the main activities would be messaging, checking email, brief internet activities like checking an address, making a payment, taking a few pics, etc. And, of course, making rare phone calls.
I know the Z30 has superior battery life, but since I'm unlikely to engage in major battery draining activities, is that really an issue? Is the removeable/replaceable battery of the Z10 much of an advantage? Batteries degrade over time and eventually require replacement. What do you do with a smartphone when a non-replaceable battery no longer holds a sufficient charge?
Have I talked myself into going with the Z10? Are there any other factors that I'm not considering here?

It's very interesting theme and You definitely have to think about it some couple of time. Difference between Z10 and Z30 don't lies at battery replacement ability only.
Z30 is far more "techy". It has USB OTG function; it means You can connect external keyboard and mouse and any kind of another USB device and it is possible to connect multiple devices when USB hub is used. Again, Z30 has Miracast function, it means You can connect large monitor or TV wirelessly.
Both functions above mentioned with appropriate software presents on BBW give you option to make wireless deal with Your PC remotely.
Also Z30 has FM radio which absents on Z10.
For me, they are very cool features but guess what smart I have? Yes, I have Z10.
Main Z10 pros are size and weight, and after I got both devices in my hands all questions gone, because I don't want to have some kind of spade for digging grass beside my house and I'm not teen with extraordinary size pockets to carry 5' device. It's big and that's all. I don't want it.
I forgot to mention: Blackberry's choice to make battery non-removable is clever idea: not battery limits its life but display type: Z30 has AMOLED display, i.e. organic LEDs. Time of their degradation for current technology is somewhere about 3 years

Z30 not boot: no screen, not led lights, nothing...

Hi,
I can't believe this is happening to me. it's mt 4th blackberry, but something like that never happened before.
I have z30 for a year now.
today, after finished a phone call and starting a new phone call, the phone calls app stop responding. so I decided to restart my phone.
I did a restart (with the menus) and the blackberry stuch on the white blackberry logo. I tried a several times, with charger without charger, I pressed a 5 seconds on the power menu to get it restart over and over and the same result.
after the red light the blackberry white logo appeared on the screen and that's it. I waited an hour, but it's just stuck there.
I didn't install any new apps lately.
so I connected the blackberry to the pc and try with the blackberry link software to do a manufactor reset.
it's failed right at the beginning. It's look like when the red light appear it connected to the pc and when the blackberry logo appear it's disconnected from the pc.
so I thought to make an os upgrade. I just don't care anymore about my data, just to get the phone work again.
so I downloaded a new os version from here and it start ok. detect the blackberry, start to load the image and the about 30% it says "failed to load image" and that's it.
the blackberry now dont even start. no lights when pressing the button, tried to reinstall the os upgrade, nothing....
is my blackberry z30 is dead?
can I do something to fix it? buy a new motherboard or something?
thanks for your help...

My opinion its just a bad luck. Hardware parts can start to malfunction.
My Toshiba notebook has been running since 6 years without any troubles.
My parents bought an notebook from another manufacture. After two days the motherboard died. Simply bad luck it was pity but the dealer replaced the faulty unit and since then it runs ok.
Mostly its not matter what notebook you would purchase. Such issues may happen simply.

How to open a .JAR file on the Z30

Hi,
Would anyine know how to open a .JAR file on the Z30?
I get a message saying "Unable to open" when I click on the .jar file i want to open in my blackberry & install.
Cheers
Mario

JAR files are for older java phones, they dont work on BB10
maybe you should look into using SNAP to get some apps yoru looking for
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ASSET TRANS-Posting with trans.type Z30 not possible(No acquisition posted)

Hi Experts,
Am creating a sub asset 001 for my_asset_1, via 'BAPI_FIXEDASSET_CREATE1'. Fine.
Then, am trying to post the Asset transfer for my_asset/001 by using a BAPI of 'AMDP_BAPI_CALL_ON_TRANSACTION'.
But, am getting the Error(via ABUMN am NOT geetting any ERROR)- <i><b>Posting with trans.type Z30 not possible (No acquisition posted)</b></i>
Am passing paras, like,
so, pls. clarify that,
1 - Wht is the meaning of Error message am geeting?
2 - How to fix it?
thanq.
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Z30 freezing and shutting down

I am on my 2 nd z30 in 2 weeks and they have both had a problem with freezing and shutting down, sometimes in mid use and sometimes on its own, can anyone?

Hello soggy001
Welcome to http://supportforums.blackberry.com
Make restarted the z30?
If your problem evidences the persistence
Apply a hard reset keep the power button for 30 seconds.
Regards.
I recommend you make a reload of the BlackBerry OS Link
Connect your z30 and run BBLink
Then go to preference and press the reload option software
Let the process do all your work, and then you start setting your BB
And load your backup.
And let us know if your problem evidences the persistence.
You must have the latest version of the BlackBerry Link installed.
Regards.
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